The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1887-01-20
BRIC-A-URAC,



Unfurnishcd, it is true,
And battered are its walls;
Old songs still echo through
The bare, deserted halls
Yet through all wear and tear
It's just as good rs ncw
The buds that blossom there
Are sweet as ever blew.
Who'll take long lease,
Come fair or stormy weather,
Where love shall reign and peace
Now, don't all speak together
a half-holidaY is better than no loaf.
a bang up alTair-A dynamite cartridge.
a secondary mattcr-Thc tick of clock.
The flour Of the family is the latest to
rise
The dentist always goes armed to the
teeth.
A chancery court is one in which Justice
has an even chance.
Never strike man when he is down. Sit
on him and choke him.
a glrl may be good violin player, and
yet not be able to draw q beau.
The locks on door are worn perfectly
PLAIN. 1t is the door that is banged.
Cranncrries will cure dyspepsia. That's
sour opinion.
Seems as if a "bank suit" should he made
of checked goods.
we propose that the phrase: "Moncy no
| OBJECT, be amended to read: "NIoncy no
objection"
"What is the dollar Of the daddes?"
asks some one 1t is, briefly, what the
dudes exist on.
"Auld Lang Syne" is like the Lords
| prayer, everybody thinks he knows it until
| he attempts Il second verse;
A man never wants to laugh when ny
| nights on his nose; nevertheless he is greatly
| ticklcd
Yes, Elfrida, all things must fade"
All except the railroad fare, which must be
paid.
Joking on facts will frequently part
closer friends than beer and French mus
tard.
NO man who possesses any legal attain.
mcnt3 will ever take the will for the
dccd."
How do those pretty white leaves that
worc turned over on New Years morning
look now?
The pretty girl behind calico counter
in iaShionahlc dry goods store is print.
sis of the realm
Christmas end New Year have The same
ctlcct on mans salary that the sun does
on Il chunk Of ice.
Tom. m.foocry-Trying to hit the tom cat
with the bootiacll while he is warhling a
mi !night hymn
1t is said, on the authority of druggist
that y half-ccnts worth of alocs makes 25
GEMS worth of pills
\ short horse is soon curricd, but he
must first he caught. The same may be
SHlI OF Il short cashier
In some parts of Europe the old supcrsti.
iiHus Practice Of ringing the church bells in
thunder storms still survives.
Talma%c has been preaching on the Gin.
IiU"ncc Of clubs" They are most inllucn
tia! ny the way, when they are trumps.
Bricks that will float are now made in
France. Convenient for Il man to wear in
his hat when he's half seas over.
Why is it SO difficult for a professional
'"%g'lr to seek some more reputable iycli.
hood? BrcauSc he's mcnt!icant.
An Indiana girl has been born without n
mouth. $hc will soon begin to reali",lthat
s'" has forgotten something.
When Il barber seeks to make himself
liable with Il customer in the chair he is
One often feels, in view of the small
waist Of the PERIOD as if he were pu,tn~
o"t his arm 10 surround knitting needle,
y declaration of war-Throwing old tin
cans and other refuse into the nCighbors'
ymGs
y pittsburg man has been. fined $50 for
Ncclln@ COW. The COW belonged to
ncighbor.
"God loves a cheerful givcr," but the
tr""bic IS SO many Of us are cheerful over
80 pcsky little.
lou are mistaken, reader, if YOU SUD.
p'sc cats gr0Wl around all night Just to be
mean, bat for amusement
There's another cracked pitcher" rs
thr policeman said when he brought down
ms rl"b upon the base ball man.
"Only match box" remarked Forg at
The theatre the other night, referring to the
seats where tho young lovers sat.
1t IS said that it is almost impossible for
an old maid to learn to play the violin,
she can get the hang of the beau.
bismarck speaks, according to CORES
pondcmt, with marvellous sOftncss even
when his purpose is to deal hard oratorical
blows.
y BoSton woman, by way Of experiment,
ECcChtIy llcd pcdOmctCr to her chin and
discovered that she talked thirty.threc miles
between breakfast and lunch.
II do think that 10 is really an unlucky
number, said pert young miss who had
ju@l entered her teens 'ft is too old for
dolls ana too young for bcauX."
~ Nevada court held that a man WHO
has five dollars in his pocket and his board
paid for week ahead is "a capitalist"
within the meaning of the law.
1t is easier for some men to lug ten
pound shot gun for II whole day through
mn impcnctrablc swamp than to put up
clothes line.
GoU can't make the wife who has asked
her husband for some money without re-
criying response believe that silence is
golden.
''St. Louis husbands never box their
wives ears. II would take too much tim
her,. The author of the foregoing resides
in Chicago.
The young hopcfuls have about smashed
up their Christmas toys, and the manufac.
turcrS are already at work on designs 70,
next Christmas